Whenever we think of Africans and sports we think of soccer, track and field, and boxing.  We rarely think of the ‘non-traditional’ sports like swimming, archery, cycling, badminton, sailing or table tennis.

We would like to highlight the names of the Africans to watch in some of the other sports.  Swimming has seen a surge in African competitors (72 altogether),  so let us introduce you to this year’s contenders:

Algeria – Nabil Kebbab
Angola – Mariana Henriques
Angola – Pedro Pinotes
Benin – Wilfried Tevoedjre
Burundi – Beni Bertrand Binobagira
Burundi – Elsie Uwamahoro
Cameroon – Paul Edingue Ekane
Cameroon – Antoinette Guedia Mouafo
Cote d’Ivoire – Kouassi Brou
Cote d’Ivoire – Assita Toure
Djibouti – Abdourahman Osman
Egypt -Mazen Metwaly
Egypt – Farida Osman
Egypt -Shehabe Younis
Ethiopia – Yanet Seyoum Gebremedhin
Ethiopia – Mulualem Girma Teshale
Guinea – Dede Camara

Kenya  – Jason Dunford
Kenya  – David Dunford
Lesotho – Masempe Theko
Libya – El-Gadi Sofyan
Madagascar – Fils Rabetsara
Madagascar – Tsilavina Ramanantsoa
Malawi – Joyce Tafatatha
Mali – Fatoumata Samassekou
Mali – Mamadou Soumare
Mauritius – Heather Arseth
Mauritius – Gilles Marquette
Morocco – Sara El Bekri
Mozambique -Chakyl Pfiffer Camal
Mozambique – Jessica Teixeira Vieira
Niger – Nafissatou Moussa Adamou
Rwanda – Alphonsine Agahozo
Rwanda – Jackson Nyomugabo
Senegal – Malick Fall
Senegal – Mareme Faye
Seychelles – Aurelie Fanchette
Seychelles – Shane Mangroo

South Africa  (20 strong)

- Jean Basson
- Charl Crous
- Heerden Herman
- Chad Le Clos
- Gideon Louw
- Trudi Maree
- Katheryn Meaklim
- Graeme Moore
- Darren Murray
- Hercules Prinsloo
- Karin Prinsloo
- Sebastien Rousseau
- Jessica Roux
- Riaan Schoeman
- Roland Schoeman
- Leith Shankland
- Darian Townsend
- Wendy Trott
- Suzaan Van Biljon
- Cameron Van Der Burgh

- Sudan – Mohamed Elkehdr
- Sudan – Mhasin Fadlalla
- Tanzania – Ammaar Ghadiyali
- Tanzania – Magdelena Moshi
- Togo – Adzo Kpossi
- Tunisia – Sara Lajnef
- Tunisia – Ahmed Mathlouthi
- Tunisia – Oussama Mellouli
- Tunisia – Taki Mrabet
- Uganda – Jamila Lunkuse
- Uganda – Ganzi Mugula
- Zambia – Jade Howard
- Zambia – Zane Jordan
- Zimbabwe – Kirsty Coventry

Jamati wishes all the African swimmers gold medals.   Keep your eyes here to see how they are doing.